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GEORGIA WEEKLY OPINION.
VOL. I—NO. 36.1
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 7, 1868
)TERMS~$3 00
THE NATIONAL CRISIS.
Tho danger to a State growing out
revolution Is never visible during the elai
and clangor of arms, while vast armies ar
contending for some peculiar Idea or prl
clple. The devastating influences of w
seldom Injure a State; 'tit the revolution
that follows after tho din of battle lias
ceased; that revolution which quietly en
twines Itself around the pillars of the
body politic, and ere the people nre aware,
has grown Into a mighty monster, greater
than themselves* Jt Is then that full sway
Is given to passion and prejudice; *tls then
that tho dominant party too often rudely
tramples upon the weaker, with no thou
to guide them, savo that Indicated by tliclr
worst passions.
Our nation lias just conquered a terrible
revolution; the echo of the clang of arms
has scarce died out in the dark gorges
our mountains; and the grass of our beau
tlful valleys arc yet almost red with the
bright pure blood of the fallen, while
w here once stood the beautiful homos of
people, scarce aught remains save the ashes
and the yet almost smoking ruins. A con
-quend, bankrupt, broken hearted people—
ruin their heritage from the war. All gone
old cherished ideas, political power, sec
tional respect fVom other sections, all
swept sway like a mist before the whirl
wind—thus the people of tho South passed
out of the dread affliction to find that
had left them hut a bitter inheritance.
Then begun to be seen the evidences of
the uprising revolution. At first the con
queror, flushed with victory, seemed to
forget, In the midst of his joy, the sorrows
hia victor}' had cost, and he demanded but
little* the revolution he desired to bring
■about was of but little consequence, but
aeemed in direct conflict with tne idea the
conquered party had fought for, and they
said “ force has disarmed us, it hits bank
rupted us, and nothing but Its application
will ever make us accept tills idea of reform
which the conqueror would thrust upon us
and against which we have made such
desperate battle—we will thwart him by
inactivity; we regard this measure as un
lawftil and wrong, and our pride says
’tsvoulcl be humiliating to accept these
terms’*—and they were rejected.
Then came harsher terms, made still
more harsh in time, aided at last by the
Military arm of the conqueror. Still he
pointed out a road to relief, bad as It was.
It gave a hope: the encourageiqent offered
was not what the people would have asked
had they been consulted; tbo goal was dis
tant and the pathway rude, yet it was the
only way left, and to turn back was to
Heave all hope behind,’* and for an indefinite
period leave the lives and property of
groat section subject to the will of one man
whose power would be as absolute as that
of tho Czar of Russia. But the old horror
of negro rule again appeared, magnified
and distorted by vivid Imaginations, and
♦•negro supremacy,” and “negro govern
ment,” became the war cry of those who
had rejected the llfst proposition, and
caused this last condition of a flair*—for
they angered ttat conqueror an.i nude him
less sensible of the rightsoftiu*« oquered,
had in fact drowned bis sense of justice In
the sea of his passions.
Karseolng men said, *‘wo had better ac
cept what Is now offered, than to be In
definitely supporting Conventions at a
reckless expenditure, thst will only dic
tate •’111 more odious terms, while we
stagger under the burthen of taxes which
they will Impose upon us; for In time wc
can correct this evil, the white men In the
entire South arc twice ns many as the
blacks, and we can at hut save ourselves.'
This brings us to the condition of our
National affklfi to-day; and the question U
now before the people of the South to accept
or reject tho offers. If rejected, it isunreasou-
aide to hope that tlie conqueror will again
oiler to consult the conquered; but rather
that licwill entirely disregard them, and go
so far with ills revolution that every vestige
of tho liberty oftiie whole people will be ir
retrievably lost. Tills is the question be
fore the people of Georgia to-day, and
they will act wisely to accept the terms of
fered, for we fear if they do not, still worse
are In store for them, and still more dan
gerous precedents to be established in the
Nution. Let, then, the People ratify the
Constitution and elect Judge Irwin—and
with the great power* that will be placed
In his hands, the people will be saved from
a “till darker curse which now lies hidden
In that ‘'Pandora’s box" called "Provision
al Government.** *
Mr. Ciuii ahdthh rnKsiDKNCY.—Dem
ocracy. shorn of its pro-slavery tenets and
of its rfght-of-secesslon heresies, may ten
der Mr. Coax the nomination to the pres-
Idi-ney. If they do, and Mr. Ciuai should
accept, fully onc-hulf of the Republicans
will support him. ami his election becomes
a foregone conclusion. The Radicals and
tlie Extremists will resort to Grant; the
old Whig*, the consistent anti-slavery men.
the Union men, and the men of law and
order of all parties, would unite upon
,lodge Cuask. Or is it Improbable that
Pkndi.kton may represent the fossil re
mains of the Secession Democracy, Gen.
Grant tho Impeachment Radical faction,
whilst Judge Ciiasr will represent that
h -rcat mass of Conservative men who sup-
j o ted Bkm. and Dowlas ticker, In J1860?
t#*Tho Legislature of Tennossoe has,
l.y ‘ii special act, pardoned some ninety- ^n'ielefp-aph^ith.
three convicts who were sentenced qpon) —
trivial ebnrgo*. Some or our exchanges >* »,t>r°P°ttt|o n pew below
. * , . , . f. i the legislature of .New Turk, to establish
charge that they were pardoned by tha J , n otth-1,1 »,:»simper iv.r tho pobllo.tlon of
Governor, which is a mistake. t the legal advertisements of that State.
A worthy idea.
In conversation a fete (lays
tVlillo
ago with General 11. Saxtox. of Gen
cral Meade's staff, wo were plcoaed
hear him make this remark: “That he
would ho glad to see tha National Govern
ment dlspcnae with tho entire army and
navy, and expend the money so used
free schools throughout tho country,” and
adding, “that lie regarded such a measure
as more olilclent In preserving the Govern
ment and advancing Us Interests than any
military or naval establishment could be,
Tho Ides seems to us os one of the best that
could bo suggested upon tho subject, and
coming as it docs from an officer of high
attainments, entitles It to our earnest con
sideration.
IVhen wo consider tho vast sums of
money that are appropriated each year to
support the army and navy, wo can com
prehend In some degree what an amount
of education It would pay for. Under the
old system. In time of peace; when the reg
iments of the army only numbered seven
hundred and seventy-seven rank, and file
they cost each a million of dollars per
year. Under the new system they can
not, with their Increased number and al
lowances by law, cost less than two mil
lions of dollars each, annually. This would
bring the cost of the fifty regiments of the
army up to ouc hundred million of dollars
per year. The navy will not cost much
If anything less, so that we may safely
calculate that if General Saxton's sug
gestion was adopted, the people would re
ceive two hundred millions of dollars an
nually for educational purposes.
Should the National Government make
tucli appropriations, the Prussian method
could be adopted, and every school In the
country would be a military institute, and
every citizen would th<n have Sufficient
military knowledge to enable him to go
Into the Held at any time as an efficient
soldier; while with our present militia
systems, perfect military organizations
would nlways bo kept up, and every man
would know his place should any neces
sity occur fur their taking the field as
soldiers: and unless such a necessity
should exist, the army would cost compar
atively nothing.
National Taxation.—In theae;day» of
reform, when the Government expenditures
amount to a neat little sum—that aum
raised by Imposing a direct tax upon the
people. It seems singular that a greater tax
has not been made upon the brains of the
law makers, to devise some plan of a more
equltablo diameter than the one now In
force ns the Revenue law.
Past experience has clearly demonstrated
that the al valorem system Is the only just
ono. This system reaches the luxuries
consumed by the richer classes as directly
aa tlie law now In force; It takes a per cent
from that which la regarded as wealth, Is a
tax upon the nett prollta of the business
man and a per cent, ot tho accumulated
wealth of the laboring man—It li a per
cent, upon tho whole wealth of the Nation,
and not npon tlie muscle of each working
man.
In I860 the entire wealth of the United
States waaa little over twenty-one billions
of dollars. Tlie increase of wealth of the
country alnee that time will probably In
crease the aggregate to about twenty-live
billions of dollars. This Is largely underthe
ratio of Increase of the preceding ten
years; which, according to the census of
18C0, was nearly one-half. If, then, upon
this twenty-live billions of dollars worth
of wealth, a direct tax of five per cent,
should bo assessed annually, it would yield
revenue of one billion two hundred and
tlfty millions of dollars; while we say
nothing of the revenue from Imports,
ports anil the sale of public lands.
The entire debt of the Nation la now
about two and three-quarter) billions of
dollars. Under this plan not more than
six years would lie required to pay this en
tire debt, nnd defray the expenses of the
Government, bu they never so extrava
gant, for the wealth of the country will
Increase during that time, and add this
to the revenue from Imports and exports
will cover all extravagance.
t9" It l< one ol the Idlocyncracles of a
crazy man, to imagine himself tlie only
sane man within the circle of his acquaint
ance. It Is one of the characteristics of a
fool to Imagine himself the centre of the
solar system of Mind. The opinion that
the majority ot mankind are dishonest, Is
peculiar tu the conscious knave. It Is the
province ot all combined In one to assume
that public opinion la founded in error
whenever (as Is usually the case) that
opinion conlllcls with his own dogmas.
TEI AO* OF PROORKSS AMD REFORM,
Ever slnco the hour when Adam and
WSonio of the papers are speculating
to the kind and degree of punishment
the Sonntc.wlll Inlllct upon the President
case of conviction. The Constitution of
the United States (Section 31, says: “Judg-
nt In cases of Impeachment shall not
xtend beyond removal from office arp! (]jr-
qaslidoatlon to hold offico of honor, trust
prodt under the United States.”
(V Dr. IV. II. Whitehead Is out for Bui
lock for Governor, lie says h|s District
will go for Bullock nnd recons'ruotlon with
a vim.—-Vela Era.
The Doctor was in our office two days
ago. and was * out" very strongly apaiast
Bollock for Governor. We leave him to
satisfy (lie AVq of li-a present atsttia,—Jfa-
sSysat 7uhut,'17/1
Eva were left alone In the Garden of Edc
there has been some ono cry lug “Progress,'
“Keiormand thu history of the past has
proven that those whoso voices rang
longest and loudest In favorof Reform
those who claim ever to belts advocates—
have been hut clogs upon Its wheels, have
been the incubus which beneficial reform
has been compelled to carry until It threw
them down and crushed them aa dema
gogues. Every ogc has been nn age of real
Progress and has had it3 real Reformers,
but they have seldom, In tliclr own tlrile,
received tho credit of their labor; while
the Imposter lias stood upon tho high
places and cried, “Great am I! Behold my
works!” Ho takes the credit, and when
he brought about war and bloodshed, whe
he had trampled upon every right which
God gave to man,.his pica was-Progress,
fleform
This, likeevery ago of the post. Is an age
of Progress and Reform, Biid we travel
faster than did those who have gouo before
us. States and Nations sometimes attempt
to remain passive, to take no step forward,
but they havo never been able to maintain
such position long. Tho Southern States
have been almost In this condition, at least
progressing very slowly, yet very surely.
The would-be reformers of the National
Government, In tliclr conceit, thought that
they could bring about a change for the
better by making war and attempting
division of tho territory ot the Republic.
Against this, the real Reformer of the
country, he who produced the wealth, who
advanced education and tho arts and
sciences, entered Ills protest; for lie well
knew that war brought no Reforms with
It, but only ruin and sorrow. But the
protest was unheeded; the project of the
shallow-brained, visionary, aspirant. lor
public notice was carried Into execution
and failed, yctlii3 failuredld not teach him
that Reforms are not the result of an ap
peal to Force, but the sequenco of appeals
to Reason. But the Reformer had gotten
taste ol revolution, and conceived that the
heated waters of National dlscontontcould
be cooled by tho application of more heat.
Had he stopped and oteppod aside and
allowed tlie flames of revolution
die out, It would havo been oil upon the
trouble waters; discontent would have
disappeared, and reason left to right all
wrongs.
Added to the bad results Of the
would-be Southern reformer's attempt
master the situation, vvoi the same Inten
tion upon the part of the would-be roform-
er of the North, who said, In acta, “ I am
the moro powerful, my ideas are right,
and If you do not accept and adopt them
at once, I will appeal to Force and compel
you to do so,” t ,
Here reason was not appealed to. On
the one side, conceit and passion tried to do
by force whst It had neglected to do by argu
ment; while on the other, reason was blind
ed by defeat, and every avenue te genuine
reform closed. The one feeling his power
said, “You shall;” the other unwilling to
be driven, said, “ I will not;” and between
the two, the wheels of Progrcaa have been
almost entirely blocked.
Surely, after all this experience, after all
the post, with all Its bloody lessons—les
sons learned beside the camp fires of two
armies reaching half across tlie continent-
learned in the light of their burning
homes—the whole nation should now bow
down In sorrow beside the graves of Its
dead heroes, those who have fallen horn
both sections, and allow Reason to resume
her sway. No longer should Die rant of
the demagogue bo heeded, no longer should
men allow passion and prejudice to control
them; but actuated by a high and holy de
sire to bring about a condition of peace
and harmony, they should all place a
shoulder to the win el of tho great car ot
Reform, and move It along, slowly and
surely, convincing every man of its bene
fits before trying to compel him to accept
It, and their efforts will be crowned with
success.
There Is ona self evident fact to start
from, deny It who will: all the People are
citizens of tlie Republic, and ss such owe
allegiance to Its laws and authority; and
to the citizen, the Government owes the
fullest protection and tlie largest liberty
consistent wlth-tho public safety and wel
fare. Let, then, each citizen lay asido his
passion and prejudice, and strive to cheer
fully comply with the laws of the land.
Let all make tha effort to restore civil law
and establish order in tlie country; and
when a healthy condition of social and po
litical affairs has been brought about, they
true maxim, and we can but hope that the
National Authority will be governed by
It. and thus win the love and devotion of
millions of Its citizens whom It will alien
ate If It use* other than mild and Jost means
to govern them.
F0BL1C DEMORALIZATION.
It Is ptlnfhl to witness the public indif
ference to the many crimes and acts of
violence that are constantly' being perpe
trated throughout the country. Stabbing,
shooting and killing have become every
day occurrences; midnight assassinations
are not at all unusual; and yet wc seldom,
if ever, hear a single word of condemna
tion of tlie perpetrators, or of their crimes,
but in too many Instances, attempts to jus
tify the wrongs with the expression that*
the person who was wronged -was a la
mao,” qny'itertalned corrupt political so
tlmcnts. n
Such words as these are everyday spoken
by men who should enter an Indignant
protest against all violence and violation
of law. And still mors painful la the fact
that many Journals throughout tha State,
not only enter no protest against these
wrongs, but absolutely Incite many who
WPuld otberwlso be well disposed, to the
commission of the wont of erilnca. It Is
no uncommon thing to find the columns of
widely circulated Journals filled with the
most violent personal abuse and denuncia
tions of citlzeus whose great crime Is. that
they happen to disagree upon some politi
cal question with the Journalist.
Our goad cltizeua are every day urging
Immigration from the North and other
parts of the world, and are complaining
that men of meins do not eome Into our
•oldest, and thelt complaint U true, and
why f Because fvory act of violence end
wrong that 1- perpetrated here, la distorted
and magnified; find more especially be
cause Lit - .vrongidoers almost invariably
are altosesd to to unpunished—although
murder is a capital offenae under the stat
utes of tho State—end In the free of the
fact that over fifty murders have been com
mitted In Georgia knee the clow or the
war, not more than two have been pun
ished, while ahootlng and cutting, unless
death results, bos come to be looked upon
os amusement, of which no notice Is token.
These are plain truths, u»M without sny
coloring, and they gibe the explanation
tc/ty Immigration doea not turn thl» way.
Why, we are (kst following In the foot
steps or Mexico, and God only knows where
this will end I During the past twenty
four hours we have heard of no less than
eight retpectable citizens of this city hav
ing received notices from tome unknown
parties, ordering them to leave the city, or
expect some terrible fate. While these
may mess nothing, nnd result in nothing.
It Is nevertheless wrong; and we are
pained to any that out of at least one
hundred persons whom we have heart]
speak of these same sots, not more than a
dozen condemned them.
And yet It la well fcoowft that the bad
men ol every community |u Abe State are
but few in number, and could easily he
detected and punished .If the propqr efforts
were made.
The time has now come for the good
men of every comuinnlty to act In this mat
ter; to publicly and privately condemn
any violation ot law, anil to lend
every Influence to the officials, in detecting
and bringing to Justice every violator or
the law, no matter what the magnitude ol
the crime may be, ar the number engaged
In it. The Courts of the cou ntry are open
and if any man violates the law, let hint be
punished there, and not at the hands of an
Infhrlatcd mob. And above all let every
lovcr of law and order do all In hit power
to frown down any man or men, or public
Journalist whoso teachings have i tenden
cy to brltig about bad results; and ere
many months, peace and quiet will rolgn
throughout the wholo State.
will have ample opportunities to right the
wrongs that havo grown out of past troub
les. . In say |ng this, we appeal to good men
everywhere who have at heart the good ot
their fellow creatures, and those who are
to come after them. Listen no longer to
the partisan demagogue—lie w ho has mis
led you In the past—hut to the quiet, earn
est teaohlnws of him who pointed out to
you the shoals which you have since been
wrecked upon. And, above .all, trust not
again with power those who usocl you and
youtt strength, to accomplish their own
selfish ends and Interests.
That the peopleare striving to nccompll-h
these things, wc have no doubt; hut In du.
Ing this they need encouragement nnd
aid from tho Government. Mercy to tho
tktlen, to the powerless, should be the max- | tlon under the now Constitution will vote
Im of the Government, and that maxim forjudge Irwin. We have very serious
must prevail If it wishes tu gain the love doubt* ss to w hether Bullock would be
and raapeet of all of Its citizens. “To be permitted to take his seat even II elected—
generous Is but to be Just” is au old and such was his war record.
The Hurdxr or Asnnunx.—The par
ticulars of the assassination of Geoeok W.
AsuncRX, will be (bund In our news
columns this evening. It Is a horrible, a
revolting attalr. Wo pr -suine tho lawleas
transaction will undergo a thorough and
searching Investigation.
AsitjiuitN may have been a fanatic In
politics, wholly wanting In Integrity, and
beast In morals. Wo have no defense to
offer for his personal or political record.
The character af his lodgings and of his
personal associations, seem to havo been of
the lowest and most disgusting species.
None of these things, however, palliate the
crime of murder In an enlightened com
munity, Mid Iu a country wherein nil men
afallaiiadea of morals and political opin
ions are guaranteed protection from lawless
lolcnce.
OTA tmlblo accident occurred at the
Cool Mine t> rsnton, Penn, on the 31st
ult. Rj aklng ora chain connected
with the... . mg machinery at tho Dia
mond Coal Mines in *hat city, a platform
containing savrnteen men was precipitated
to the bottom of the shaft, ono hundred
ami eighty-five leot. Eleven were Instant
ly killed, one has since died, and two more.
It Is thought, cannot live. They leave
eleven widows and twenty-eight orphans.
Tus Safe Sms.—As there are some
grsye doubts as to Col. Bl-llocx'b eligibili
ty, parties who desire speedy Kcconstruc-
“Os Ska nauntal
bfy dear Mr. EdItor: Now do not chide
me for my tearn salutation. 1 am taking
the political Influenza affection, which the
Hooters tell me, has a tendency to soften
the heart as well as head. Are wc not all
growing more and more affectionato to
ward each other, day by day ? The poli
ticians are desperately In love with the
people; and the people, loving and beloved,
are becoming very tender about the
Passing up Whitehall the other day, I
met a politician, an old friend, and know
ing 1 was from the 1 ' rural districts,” where
many a time he had hood-winked the peo
ple in gullible days of the past, he was, of
course. “very, very glad to see me.” My
old friend was all congratulations and
pleasantry. So glad was he to see me that
at nrta time I thought I might have a bear-
faced embrace to repel. I soon learned
that he was still In the “wild hunt” busi
ness, and that, despite the changes wrought
In our political condition since hut we met,
like the stink of a pole-cat, hia old tricka
still stuck to him.
“How are the people In the district*.'
oaken he.
I replied, “Well, and doing well; all
striving earnestly for an honest living.”
I knew thst was not the point aimed at,
and os I felt a little like aggravating some
body, I bod met with the preferred game.
“But,” says he, “how are they on pol
itics f”
~Oh,” uya L “they are not on politics at
alL They are content to get meat and
bread, and leave the government to take
care of Itself.”
I suspected he wu In the vision of some
new revelation; ao I eroded him an *U the
paints of “ Reconstruction,” anti-recon
struction, etc, until I finally worried him
out of bis boot*. On taking leave, be asked
If I “ bad any engagement for the morrow.”
Replying, “ Non*," ha proposed a little
pleasure trip on the Georgia Road, adding
that he “wished to speak with me upon
matters of which, perhaps, I had not
thought." I agreed; so, early the next
morning, we embarked on the Georgia ears.
Very soon arriving at Stone Mountain,
he proposed we should leave the train, and
spend a few hour* at that point. Being
his guest, of course 1 readily assented.
Stone Mountain waa soon proposed, and
never baring stood upon lu summit, I was
eager for a view. In a lew tuoinenU we
hod reached 1U height, when, my friend
surveying the prospect In admiration ex
claimed, “tbs ball bad not been told me."
“Do you not sea,” says he, “all these pos
sessions! TbeyafMn Inherltence tosucli
as will frill down and worship the - Golden
Calf.’ ” Being near-sighted myself, j drew
from my side-pocket a new Opera glass
which I bad purchased since I came to the
city, aa an nld at your Theatres nnd
Operas, of which 1 have been a liberal
patron during my sojourn. I looked, but
was unable tc see the promised Kingdoms.
True, I saw earth, sky, foreaU and green
vullles, extending a great way off: nothing
beyond. Say* I, to my friend, “these
things may all appear to your vision, but
not to mine.” In a moment his counten
ance took on a look ot disgust. So, un
ceremoniously dismissing the subject, we
descended the mountain, reaching the
depot Just In time for the up train. At
m„ juncture, my friend, the politician.
•- thought of oorae business which
suddenly -t w artltn Wn) Moun
would necessa,.. -i Q , go bidding him
tain until the next t,.. - the last I saw
adieu, and entering tho care, -•< or aa of
of the politician, he, with a doze,,
the “bu-hoys" were making rapid atr.
toward a grog-shop, by the way aide,
where I was very willing to leave him in
hli glory.
As I stepped from the car to the depoton
my return, who should I meet but Tim
Toney, my overseer I Tim was all smiles
to see mo after a separation of Several
weeks, and would have embraced me, 1
verily bcllcvo, had not ono of the Locomo
tive*, In the height of his passion, given
such a shrill whistle os to almost frighten
tho poor fellow out of his wits. With no
Railroads In our section, Tim’s car was
unused to theso frightful sounds. Tim
Is a good fellow, lioncat-hearted, light
headed, with no sense of obligation be
yond the faithful performance of duty.
Alarmed at ray long absence from homo,
and thinking 1 might have been waylaid,
by some highwayman In consideration of
the net proceeds of my cotton crop, Tim
had concluded to look after mo. At onoe
l asked him about tho crop prospect,
health of tho neighbors, condition of the
stock, and the neighborhood gossip, during
my absence; all of which he proceeded to
answer, hut not, as I thought, with his
usual interest when on these topics. At
once I suspected some one, In my absence,
had taken Tint on tho Mountain, and be
ing rather credulous, I imagined Tim had
seen things pleasing to the eye. Foreign
to tlie customary chunnel of his mind,
Tim's thoughts were completely bamboo
zled with Oongtltnlions, Reconstructions,
and the like, question* of which, poor fel
low, he It as ignorant os a goose. At
length I urged him to return homo In the
morning, with un eye single to the farm,
take time by the forelock, and see to It
the cose With him. So I bid bid go and do
as ho willed.
Now, Mr. Editor, this thing of polities
will yet ruin the country, If It has not al
ready done so. Everybody wants office.—
The whites want office, and the “nigger”
wants office. Why didn't you have your
iriends of the Convention, lu the Constitu
tion to provide an office for every white
man and -nigger" iu the State? With
this ample prevision, I verily believe, the
vote on Its adoption would Lave been
unanimous. > ow, Tim Toney, my honest,
laithful overseer, had been taken on “ top
of that "high mountain,” and nevermore
will he again he worth a cent to blmoell or
to tiie State. I am reminded ot Duolel
Webster's letter to bis farmer, John Taylor.
John, like Tint, w as a good fellow, and Mr.
Webster, always In ppn“s.|ir. z. ( i 0 lm
to bo a very useful ap'jiendige'it Marsh-
field. Once a week John would render hia
employer a faithful record of everything
pertaining to the farm. Mr. Webster'* re
plies were confined exclusively to the In
terests of the fkrm, never alluding to the
political scenes transpiring at the Capitol
any more than If he were severed from
them by a thousand miles. In '44 polities
ran high. The whole country was ablaze
with excitement, and some designing dem
agogue, with neither the fear of Daniel nor
the truth before blm, took “ honest John”
onto an high mountain and shewed blm
things of which he had not dreamed. The
vision seen on the mount so confounded
Imno-u John's senses that he could hardly
sleep. With his brain muddled by wbat
Iran occurred, hli next letter to Daniel wa*
wholly foreign to tlielr former correspond
ence upon agricultural subjects, during a
period of years, Into which no word or
sentence of a politics! character hid ever
entered. Mr. Webster could not have been
more surprised He could not account Tor
thlserratlc procedure on the part of “honest
John.” At length he oat down and wrote
John a candid, respectful reply to each of
bis political questions, and «peculations,
closing Ids several rejoinder* tq the re
spective paragraph* pi John, with the
gentle reminder, "But, »»* and I are farm
ers, John Taylor.” John was shrewd
euough to see the point, and from thst day
until the day of his death, continued
the faithful custodian or oil Mr. Webster’s
farming Interests with no political perpex-
Itles of a moro serious nature than the do
mestic management of Marshfield.
Now, Mr. Editor, what we lock Is more
Daniel Webaters, and more John Taylors,
Unless I return borne soon and apply a
magnetic or some other sort of healing
plaster to Tim Toney, the honest labor of
an honest, though for the time bewibiered
man, will be forever lost to the country.
In fact the country is budding all over
with Tim Toneys. The impression is
abroad that some new "sleight of band”
has been invented, by which men can live
without work, and unless this dplqsluu be
speedily dispelled, l wouldn’t give a-valley
of dry bones” for thn whole Statu of
Georgia. Konsaicx Random.
X3f~ The Democracy seem inclined In
give the President the cold shoulder lu bis
Impeachment troubles. The Baltimore
Gazette for Instance says:
The issues involved are so serious that, to
superficial observers, it seenu surprising
that the popular feeling In regard to the re
sult should he that of languid curiosity
than of intense excitement. That the
greatest uctknown to the Constitution—the
trial of a President of the United States—
should awu.en less Interest In tho public
rnlud that tlie report of a prize fights, Indl-
cates that the audacity of the conspirators
has paralyzed apposition, or that there Is
but little real syspathy for tbe victim of
“r unlace. It la most probable that
►h- ’he farmer Is true to some extent,
whilst . ‘heoblef cause ofthe prevailing
the Utter is w. Mrw Mfr John *° n **nee
apathy. The co*. ^^eal^noy ha* been
hts succession to the * ^
ono which has embiuet. who mlj;ht
whilst It has alienated those J**
have been his friends—so that he iu^
fore the country'In the anomalous positive
of * President without a party.
A Star* Stout.—A dlstrewed and aged
lady in till* city offered to sell her gold
watch to a United states officer. Tills wo*
her last means of obtaining money to buy
bread. The officer took the watch and
•aid that he would have It valued. On tlie
following day the lady received an anony
mous note, (n which there was a word or
two of respectful sympathy and warm
good feeling. With this note waa a small
package containing the gold watch and
two hundred dollars. And this tale boa its
moral!— Charleston Dally yews, 33th,
Tun Stronii Case.—Tho case of Mr.
8amu>'i Strong, who !< under nrreston a
nap' ► Itlon ol General Schofield, command
ing the First Military District, (as stated
In Saturday’s Star,) did not coma belora
Chief Justice Carter this morning, as was
exja'eted. Hon. Matt. Carpenter has been
retained for Mr. Strong, with Mr. J. J.
Johnson, and will argito the ease to-mo—
row morning.— Wasbinyton Mar, March 30. '
tar-Th ere wa* much surprise In the
Hou*o of Heprunontalive* on Monday on
the apfieurancc of the malingers to g<><>
Bingham and Butler arm in arm. a* Butler
has denounced Bingham as a murderer
and Bingham has opinion about Butler’s
pecuniary op< rations at New Orleans v*t
• Isle as closely
twins.
KD.—llo
eph
Ba:
veiling la
ignatK
tendered hi
flVct on thcTscol Mny
itrrett retires from theollice
litoriai charge of the Even-
daily paper of (’In-
that the crop did not lag, nnd when I come that office, to take
would settle these di.traetlng political' noxt * Judge Bari
questions by an Increase of his wagesjfjj*'
But," rejoined Tim, rather frankly, - Mr. A
Random. I wants to lie a Squire In our 1 ,
District; they sav there’s more money in Ul'MIsa \\ n.iaiu*. nlio in
a Squire'- ptuia* ban overseer'*.” With ''Sicr-iu-Iaw in W ■ 1 t -if
this, t found there was uo use In arguing for iite.
